Peaky Blinders

In the last episode of this series (broadcast on Thursday night), there was a scene in a railway yard. Which preserved line was it please?

There was a marshalling yard leading out onto the main tracks (note the plural), and the train was hauled by either a Black 5 or 8F and there was a boiler & firebox adjacent to the track.

 

It was the East Lancs Railway as they posted a tweet after the program had finished.
I don't want to find out too much info at the moment though as I have the 3rd Series recorded in my HDD box to watch soon.

 

You won't be disappointed, I too was wondering as in previous episodes we'd seen the inside of a large shed full of goods vehicles, supposedly as a factory, it's only last night episode seeing the track layout outside finally gave it away as Buckey Wells, previous series have used Keighley for a few railway shots, presumably one of 45407/44871 doing the honours ?.

 

44871

 

The programme is set in the 1920s, before either Black 5s or 8Fs. The super D would have been authentic in LMS livery

 

when has that ever concerned programme makers?

 

In their defence, there isn't much of a LMS persuasion of the correct period that would have been seen in the Birmingham area in traffic currently (Keighley 4F perhaps ?), though given where the BSA factory was at Small Heath, that GWR territory anyway.

 

I will forgive them as it is very good TV! I an waiting to consume the whole series on DVD at some point...

 

It is good TV but some of the industrial scenes are a bit odd. In the Lanchester works would you have a flame spewing out filth where you were assembling brand new cars.

The train explosion was also poor. We are lead to believe a few sticks of dynamite would reduce the train to cinders. Have a look at any of the WW2 histories; I referenced Southern Way - Wartime Southern pt 2 & 3 (must get pt1). Even when hit by one of Hitlers finest the wreckage is still recognisable.

Perhaps I am being picky

 

I don't believe it was a documentary.

If we whinge about details too much might the film makers conclude they may as well do it all by CGI - and preservation will lose the income.

 

First the media get things wrong in documentaries. The classic one in many is where there is no going away shot so a coming toward shot is used in reverse. Thus you have a departure with white instead of red tail lights

I very much doubt that film makers read NP on a regular basis. When does constructive criticism become nit picking? Some film makers go to great lengths for historical accuracy whilst others think anything will dowhen it comes to trains yet are sticklers for miliyary uniforms

Hardly details as blowing up the train was central to the plot. IMHO this would have been an ideal place for a CGI overlay on the rolling stock

 

The whole thing with Peaky Blinders is that it is stylised - you'll have noticed most of the soundtrack is contemporary. Much as it may jar with the railway enthusiast in each of us the railway scenes were just meant to portray 'a steam railway' rather than anything more accurate to the supposed period. I thought it worked rather well. Plus any attempt to suggest railway inaccuracy in a period drama in our house is usually met by a flying slipper!